[Title: THE SCARS ON HER SHIELD] [Intro] [Deep war drums, axe on timber] [Husband] Look at the scars on her shield [Male Clan] SHE STANDS [Husband] Look at the woman they could not keep down [Male Clan] SHE STANDS [Verse 1] [Husband] She was burned by the mouths of the hall Told to sit, told to sew, told to still She was frozen in winters that had no name Left outside the fire on purpose She was hurt in the dark where no drum played And she learned how to breathe without sound But the Lord found her under the ash And He taught her the weight of her feet [Male Clan] WHO KEPT HER [Husband] THE RISEN ONE [Hook] [Shieldmaiden] I WAS BURNED I WAS FROZEN I WAS HURT BUT STILL I STAND [Male Clan] STILL SHE STANDS STILL SHE STANDS [Shieldmaiden] I WAS BURNED I WAS FROZEN I WAS HURT BUT STILL I STAND [Male Clan] LOOK AT THE SCARS ON HER SHIELD [Shieldmaiden] BUT STILL I STAND [Verse 2] [Husband] There were daughters before her in the timber Same cold, same smoke, same shut door Some were beaten behind their own doorways Some were raped and then handed the shame They carried the bruise under the cloak They carried the scream in the teeth Some were blamed for the hands that had hurt them And told to forgive and be still Ages of silence sat on their shoulders Ages of “be good and disappear” But another man's sin is not her shame And the wound does not own her name Now she stands in the doorway they were denied And she will not give the dark her name [Male Clan] WHO KNOWS HER NAME [Shieldmaiden] THE LORD KNOWS MY NAME [Hook] [Shieldmaiden] I WAS BURNED I WAS FROZEN I WAS HURT BUT STILL I STAND [Male Clan] STILL SHE STANDS STILL SHE STANDS [Shieldmaiden] I WAS BURNED I WAS FROZEN I WAS HURT BUT STILL I STAND [Male Clan] LOOK AT THE SCARS ON HER SHIELD [Shieldmaiden] BUT STILL I STAND [Bridge] [Frame drum only] [Husband] Wife [Shieldmaiden] I WAS BURNED [Husband] Daughter [Shieldmaiden] I WAS FROZEN [Husband] Sister [Shieldmaiden] I WAS HURT [Full Clan] BUT STILL SHE STANDS [Husband] Was his sin your shame [Shieldmaiden] NO [Husband] Did his hands get to name you [Shieldmaiden] NO [Husband] Did the wound become your master [Shieldmaiden] NO [Husband] Who found you under the ash [Shieldmaiden] JESUS [Husband] Who put the shield back in your hand [Shieldmaiden] JESUS [Male Clan] THE SCARS REMAIN [Shieldmaiden] SO DO I [War drums rise] [Hook] [Shieldmaiden soaring] I WAS BURNED I WAS FROZEN I WAS HURT BUT STILL I STAND [Male Clan] STILL SHE STANDS STILL SHE STANDS [Shieldmaiden] I WAS BURNED I WAS FROZEN I WAS HURT BUT STILL I STAND [Male Clan] LOOK AT THE SCARS ON HER SHIELD [Shieldmaiden] BUT STILL I STAND [Outro] [Drums slow] [Husband] I am proud of the scars on her shield Not because the fire was kind Not because the wound was holy Not because the hurt was right I am proud because she walked out carrying mercy And she still knows the Name [Shieldmaiden] What they did was not my name What they did was not my shame The scars remain [Male Clan] SHE STANDS [Shieldmaiden] So do I [Husband] Who gets the glory [Full Clan] THE RISEN ONE [Drums stop] JESUS IS THE LORD
